Hispanic Heritage Month

This year, we are focusing on artists and storytellers from various cultures. For Hispanic Heritage Month, we will be showcasing three impactful and creative voices. We invite you to take in their work and learn about their stories with the links below.

Famous for her self-portraiture, Frida Kahlo is one of the world’s most famous painters. She is a powerful figure who used her life and the physical and mental pain she experienced as the basis for her work. As a women, she amplified her voice through her paintings. Rooted in Mexican folk-art and spirituality, Frida created a visual language that superseded European Surrealism. To learn more about her powerful story, click here.

“You see a painting or sculpture of a voluptuous figure, you know it’s a Botero.” Botero is one of contemporary art’s biggest voices. He is famous for advocating for his art to be as close to the public as possible. Botero believed that the messages in his work shouldn’t be sold away from everyday people. In this way, Botero didn’t shy away from sometimes difficult subjects in his work. To learn more about Botero’s work, click here.

For almost a century, Amalia Hernández expressed her indigenous Mexican identity through dance. Unsatisfied with modern European dance, she turned to traditional and cultural dances of Mexico. This led to the formation of Ballet Folklórico de México, a Mexican folkloric ensemble in Mexico City. To learn more about her incredible story, click here.